Final Jeopardy: International Sports Stars (1-7-20)
Today’s Final Jeopardy question (1/7/2020) in the category “International Sports Stars” was:
Now with over 185 million followers, he surpassed Selena Gomez in 2018 to become the most followed person on Instagram
8x champ Karen Farrell, a political consultant from Woodbridge, VA, has now won $159,603. In Game 9, her opponents are: David Xia, a retail planner from San Francisco, CA; and Lisa Warne-Magro, a homemaker and community volunteer from Austin, TX.
Round 1 Categories: Classic Movies & TV – Occupation Etymology – Anagrams – Fun With Zip Codes – Politics – Soft Words
Karen found the Jeopardy! round Daily Double in “Politics” under the $600 clue on the 5th pick of the round. She was in the lead with $1,600, $600 more than Lisa in second place. She made it a true Daily Double and thought it might be “independent.” That was WRONG.
Cities as big as L.A. & Dallas have this kind of mayoral election where there’s no “D” or “R” after the candidates’ names. show
Lisa finished in the lead with $5,800. Karen was second with $2,600 and David was last with $1,600.
Round 2 Categories: African-American History – Fill the M-T Space – In the Country – Have Fun Storming the Castle! – Think It Will Work? – It Would Take a Miracle
Lisa found the first Daily Double in “Fill in the M-T Space” under the $1,600 clue on the 4th pick. She was in the lead with $8,200 now, $5,600 more than Karen in second place. She bet $3,000 and she was RIGHT.
The name of a French soldier with a rigorous system of training gave us this word for a strict disciplinarian. show
Lisa found the last Daily Double in “African-American History” under the $1,600 clue on the 15th pick. In the lead with $18,800, she had $14,000 more than David in second place. She bet $4,000 and guessed the SDS. That was WRONG.
When Medgar Evers was gunned down in 1963, he was the Mississippi field secretary of this national organization. show
Lisa finished in the lead with $15,600. Karen was next with $8,200 and David was in third place with $4,800.
Only ONE of the contestants got Final Jeopardy! right.
It was pretty big news back in 2018 when Cristiano Ronaldo passed Selena Gomez as the most followed person on Instagram. Even Business Insider covered it. The following year, Ronaldo was still at the top of the heap while Ariana Grande dethroned Selena as the most followed female. As of January 2020, according to wikipedia, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ariana Grande have both maintained the top two spots.
From 2016: THEY SHARE A BIRTHDAY ($600) Feb. 5, 1914: “Naked Lunch” writer William S. Burroughs; 1985: this Portuguese soccer star
David got it right. He bet $3,999 and finished with $8,799.
Karen thought it was David Beckham. She bet and lost it all.
Lisa wrote down “Who is that soccer guy?” 😄 She only lost $900 so she won the game with the remaining $14,700. Lisa Warne-Magro is the new Jeopardy! champ.
Two triple stumpers from SOFT WORDS:
($600) In a poem by this 3-named guy, Evangeline whispers to Gabriel, “If we love one another, nothing, in truth, can harm us”
($800) In “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, he wrote, “The voice of beauty speaks softly: it steals only into the most awakened souls”
2 years ago: TWO of the players got this FJ in “The First Century A.D.”
Letters written by this Roman recount the events of a natural disaster, like the death of his uncle, a famous scholar. show
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See you in the big tournament, Karen.
Would they have accepted “Christian Ranaldo”? That was my guess.
idk, Albert. I think maybe they would have allowed “Ranaldo” — sounds pretty much the same, but idk if leaving the “O” off the first name would get the whole thing rejected
Well Karen had a good run for eight days and played brilliantly. The last eight game winners drew horwood and Ben Ingram also did well but drew didn’t do so strong in the 2014 toc. I just hope Karen won’t falter in the next one like drew did. Let’s see what Lisa can do but I have a feeling she might not get more than three games won. Although I found her response to be funny, I’ve never heard of Ronaldo before, VJ. What team does he play for?